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Values among 30 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Gross external debt position, general government, all maturities, all instruments, as percent of GDP.
Year:	2023
Unit:	Percent
Direction:	Low values translate into high scores
Source 1:	World Bank Quarterly External Debt Statistics, IMF World Economic Outlook
Data for:
Annotation:	World Bank: Dataset: Quarterly External Debt Statistics SDDS, Gross Ext. Debt Pos., general government, all maturities, all instruments, USD [DT.DOD.DECT.CD.GG.AR.US], debt position at 4th quarter of each reference year. URL: https://databank.worldbank.o… extracted 2024/08/28. IMF: Dataset: World Economic Outlook April 2024, gross domestic product, current prices, USD [NGDPD] URL: https://www.imf.org/en/Publi… extracted 2024/08/28.

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	0
Maximum:	0.88
/	Below/Above IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=10-relative distance*9
Annotat.:	Indicator calculated by Margit Kraus (Calculus Consult)

Additional annotations and exceptions

Data on gross external debt position refer to fourth quarter of each respective year.

Top group

Score

Government External Debt to GDP

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Switzerland

9.6

0.04

Sweden

9.4

0.06

Denmark

9.2

0.08

Czechia

9.0

0.10

Upper middle group

Israel

8.8

0.12

Poland

8.6

0.14

Australia

8.3

0.17

Netherlands

8.1

0.19

Estonia

7.8

0.22

Canada

7.6

0.23

New Zealand

7.5

0.24

Lithuania

7.4

0.25

Hungary

7.3

0.26

Ireland

7.3

0.26

Germany

7.1

0.28

Slovakia

7.1

0.28

7.1

0.28

Norway

7.0

0.29

Japan

6.7

0.32

USA

6.6

0.33

Latvia

6.3

0.36

Slovenia

6.2

0.37

Finland

6.0

0.39

Italy

6.0

0.39

Lower middle group

Portugal

5.5

0.44

Spain

5.4

0.45

Austria

5.2

0.47

France

4.4

0.55

Belgium

4.3

0.56

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Bottom group

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Greece

1.0

1.27